A spokesman for the Ugandan president also told the Associated Press that it is Uganda's policy to grant political asylum to those in exile.
According to him, such a policy of the country is partially conditioned by the fact that many Ugandans were forced to leave their country in the 1970s, during the reign of dictator Idi Amin.
"We have lenient criteria for granting asylum. Gaddafi will be able to live here if necessary," said a spokesman for the Ugandan president.
Uganda is the first country to offer refuge to the Libyan president.
According to AP, one of the possible reasons for this decision is that Gaddafi, like the president of Uganda, belongs to the old generation of long-standing African presidents.
Ugandan President Joveri Musevani has been in power for 25 years, while Gaddafi has been in charge of Libya for more than 40 years.
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said that he will make a decision by May whether to indict Gaddafi for war crimes.
The indictment would be an aggravating circumstance for Gaddafi's exile in Uganda, because that country is a signatory to the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court, according to the Associated Press.
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